Question

Describe where the following solution goes wrong.

three times the quantity five minus a end quantity minus seven is less than fourteen

Answer 1

Line 1: three times five minus three times a minus seven is less than fourteen
Line 2: fifteen minus three a minus seven is less than fourteen
Line 3: fifteen minus seven minus three a is less than fourteen
Line 4: eight minus three a is less than fourteen
Line 5: eight minus three a plus eight is less than fourteen plus eight
Line 6: negative three a is less than twenty‾two
Line 7: negative three a divided by negative three is greater than twenty‾two divided by negative three
Line 8: a is greater than negative twenty‾two divided by three

Answer 2

@jigglypuff314 @SACAPUNTAS

Answer 3

With this not being in any sort of mathematical notation my brain shuts down. :P

Answer 4

line 5...
supposed to be subtract 8 from both sides not add

Answer 5

sacapuntas is right, reading stuff like this makes me go cross-eyed and itchy >,<